TENNIS
Madrid Masters: Bopanna-Ebden pair by to pre-quarterfinals
Rohan Bopanna and his Australian accomplice Matthew Ebden reached pre-quarterfinals of the Madrid Masters, an ATP1000 occasion, on Thursday.
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The seventh-seeded Indo-Australian pair received 6-3, 7-6(4) towards Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut and Briton Daniel Evans in an hour and 18 minutes.
Bopanna and Ebden, who’ve received Qatar Open and Indian Wells Masters this season, subsequent face the German-Brazilian duo of Alexander Zverev and Marcelo Melo.
– Team Sportstar
ATP Rome Challenger: Nagal reaches quarterfinals
Sumit Nagal progressed to the quarterfinals of the ATP Challenger Tour occasion in Rome on Thursday.
Nagal defeated native wildcard Fausto Tabacco 6-3, 6-0 in an hour and 22 minutes within the spherical of 16.
The Indian will subsequent face Max Houkes of the Netherlands.
RESULTS
ATP Rome Challenger
Singles, Second Round: [Q] Sumit Nagal bt [WC] Fausto Tabacco 6-3, 6-0
Doubles, Quarterfinal: Viktor Durasovic (NOR)/Fernando Romboli (BRA) bt [3] Yuki Bhambri/Saketh Myneni 7-6(3), 4-6, [10-8]
ITF W60 Charlottesville
Doubles, First Round: [4] Prarthana Thombare/Jessy Rompies (INA) bt [WC] Melodie Collard (CAN)/Julia Adams (USA) 7-6(3), 6-3
ITF W40 Calvi
Doubles, First Round: [1] Ankita Raina/Estelle Cascino (FRA) bt Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove (NED)/Amandine Hesse (FRA) 7-6(3), 5-7, [10-6]
ITF M25 Jakarta
Singles, Second Round: [4] Digvijay Pratap Singh bt Koki Matsuda (JPN) 6-2, 6-3
Doubles, Quarterfinals: Matthew Romios/Brandon Walkin (AUS) bt Sai Karteek Reddy/Shashank Theertha 6-4, 6-4; Ray Ho (TPE)/Parikshit Somani bt Jake Delaney (AUS)/Naoki Tajjima (JPN) 6-1, 5-7, [10-8].
ITF W25 Nottingham
Singles, Second Round: [8] Rutuja Bhosale bt [Q] Danielle Daley (GBR) 6-1, 6-0
ITF M15 Monastir
Doubles, Quarterfinal: [1] Aziz Ouakaa (TUN)/Nikita Ianin (RUS) bt Chirag Duhan/Aleksi Lofman (FIN) 7-6(4), 6-3
ITF W15 Monastir
Singles, Second Round: [Q] Vaishnavi Adkar bt Melisa Ercan (TUR) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
– Team Sportstar
AITA ladies’s match: Kashish, Sonal arrange summit conflict
Third seed Kashish Bhatia outplayed second seed Sahira Singh 6-1, 6-2 within the semifinals of the Rs.100,000 AITA ladies’s tennis match on the Joygaon Academy in Jhajjar on Thursday.
In the ultimate, Kashish will play Sonal Patil who beat Vanshika Choudhary for the lack of 4 video games.
Kashish made the doubles remaining with Samriti Punyani and can play Sonal Patil and Chandana Potugari.
Results (semifinals)
Singles: Sonal Patil bt Vanshika Choudhary 6-2, 6-2; Kashish Bhatia bt Sahira Singh 6-1, 6-2
Doubles: Sonal Patil & Chandana Potugari bt Medhavi Singh & Shireen Ahamed 6-4, 6-2; Kashish Bhatia & Samriti Punyani bt Aditi Rawat & Ishi Maheshwari 6-0, 6-2
– Team Sportstar
AITA tremendous collection juniors: Pandit beats second-seed Rian to achieve remaining
Aarjun Pandit fought his well past his doubles accomplice and second seed, Rian Sharma, 7-6(4), 6-7(7), 6-1 within the under-18 boys semifinals of the Rajesh Patel memorial AITA Super collection junior tennis match on the Tennis Vidyalaya on Thursday.
In the ultimate, Aarjun will play high seed Deepam Malik who beat Mayank Sharma in straight units.
Aarjun and Rian received the doubles title, beating Ayush Sharma and Arjun Abhyankar for the lack of 5 video games.
The consequence
Under-18 boys (semifinals): Deepam Malik bt Mayank Sharma 6-2, 6-4; Aarjun Pandit bt Rian Sharma 7-6(4), 6-7(7), 6-1.
Doubles (remaining): Aarjun Pandit & Rian Ssharma bt Ayush Sharma & Arjun Abhyankar 6-3, 6-2.
Under-18 ladies (semifinals): Tamanna Takoria bt Divya Sharma 6-0, 6-0; Presha Shanthamoor bt Neelakshi Lather 6-0, 6-1.
– Team Sportstar
GOLF
Korea Championship: Sharma slips with double bogey on final gap
Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma was cruising alongside nicely until he hit a double bogey on the final gap to slide to tied thirty first after the primary spherical on the Korea Championship in Incheon on Thursday.
Placed at three-under by 17 holes on a good chief board, Sharma began on the tenth and double bogeyed the ninth for a day’s card of 1-under 71.
From being contained in the Top-10 he dropped to tied thirty first.
Meanwhile, Manu Gandas got here again from a hopeless state of affairs with two birdies within the final 4 holes for a card of 2-over 74 that left him in tied 91st place and he could have plenty of work to do to make the reduce.
Sharma seemed good for many a part of the day as he teed off from the tenth and picked early birdies on twelfth and 14th to be 2-under by 5 holes. He dropped a shot on Par-5 third, which was disappointing, however birdies on fourth and seventh holes noticed him get to 3-under earlier than the double bogey on Par-4 ninth.
After an awesome begin to the season with a seventh place in Abu Dhabi, Sharma has missed 4 cuts in final 5 begins and is eager to get his rhythm again.
Gandas bogeyed second, sixth, thirteenth and 14th however birdies on Par-5s on the fifteenth and the 18th saved his hopes alive.
Antoine Rozner equalled his lowest profession 18-hole rating as he started with a bogey-free spherical of 63 to open up a commanding four-shot lead.
The Frenchman began from the tenth tee within the morning and fired six birdies on his entrance 9 earlier than selecting up three extra pictures after the flip to get to 9 below par.
– PTI
SHOOTING
Shotgun World Cup: Gurjoat Singh Khangura leads
Gurjoat Singh Khangura shot two good rounds to be among the many leaders with 50 in males’s skeet within the shotgun World Cup in Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday.
Anantjeet Singh Naruka shot 24 and 25 to be near the leaders, whereas Olympian and World Cup gold medallist Mairaj Ahmad Khan stumbled to a foul begin with a spherical of 19, and recovered with a spherical of 24.
In ladies’s skeet, Ganemat Sekhon shot 47, the second-best rating together with 10 others, behind the chief Jiang Yiting (50). Maheshwari Chauhan and Darshna Rathore additionally did nicely to shoot 45.
The competitors will proceed for 3 extra rounds of qualification adopted by the semifinals for the highest eight.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
ATHLETICS
Asian Youth Championships: Priyanshu and Rahul convey gold and silver
Priyanshu (chest No. 136) and Rahul (137) who received gold and silver in boys 1500m on the Asian Youth Athletics Championships in Tashkent on Thursday.
| Photo Credit: Athletics Federation of India
India began its marketing campaign on a constructive notice on the Asian Youth Athletics Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, successful 4 medals, together with a gold on Thursday.
Aarti set the ball rolling for India as she received a bronze within the ladies 5km race stroll occasion within the morning session.
The Indian athletes then received a gold and silver within the 1500m monitor race within the night session.
India additionally received a bronze within the ladies lengthy bounce occasion.
It was 1-2 for the Indian center distance runners in boys 1500m. The days honour, nonetheless, went to Priyanshu as he out-sprinted compatriot Rahul within the dwelling straight.
Both Rahul and Priyanshu dominated the 1500m race. As the race progressed, 14 opponents strung out because the Indian duo pushed onerous.
“I tried hard to catch up to Priyanshu but he was better on the given day and won gold,” Rahul stated after successful a silver within the 1500m.
Priyanshu’s gold successful time was 3 minutes 57.37 seconds, whereas Rahul’s time was 3 minutes 59.43 seconds.
In the ladies 1500m, Sejalbel Katara misplaced the race for the bronze medal within the dwelling straight to finally end fourth.
Mubassina Mohammed recorded a bounce of 5.90m to swell India’s medal tally to 4.
The ladies 5km race was dominated by Chinese athletes. Yang Xizhen clinched the gold medal with a time of twenty-two minutes 32.61 seconds, whereas compatriot Liu Biling received silver with a time of twenty-two minutes 56.30 seconds. Aarti’s bronze medal successful time was 24 minutes 29.14 seconds.
Khushbu Yadav, the second Indian within the race, was fourth within the area of seven athletes.
Aarti stated her major aim in Tashkent was to repeat her private better of 24.19 seconds, however three official warnings and a 30 seconds penalty on account of lack of contact with the bottom spoiled her possibilities of breaking the 24 minutes barrier.
In the 5km race stroll occasion after the third warning an athlete faces a penalty of 30 seconds. In Aarti’s case the 30 seconds penalty was imposed within the final 100m of the 5km race.
Neha Yadav completed fourth within the ladies hammer throw. Her greatest efforts was 52.91m.
India’s Rezoana Mallick Heena emerged quickest feminine runner within the 400m heats.
Rezoana’s preliminary spherical time of 53.65 seconds, which point out she can be a cushty winner within the remaining on Friday.
In the boys 400m, Navpreet Singh and Sharan Meghavarnam superior to the ultimate.
– PTI